ARMAGEDDON

living in the 12th house

living in the imagination

that's where I was born

that's where I will die

outside the sun shines

birds sing

and the world continues

on its collision course

with destruction

inside I eat sleep

and continue on my own

collision course

with destruction

it takes a leap of faith

to release the very thread

that keeps us alive

and walk the bridge to another world

like leaping out of an airplane

or bungee jumping off a bridge

with no bungee attached

sailing to the edge of the earth

do I fall off

are there sea monsters

swimming in salty soup

ready to gobble me up

or is there a golden parachute

that sweeps me past the angels

or does the veil lift

and the world isn't flat at all

but four dimensional

or do I pass through a hole

into some parallel universe

or live for a time on the spiritual planets

listen:

a cat speaks to the scarecrow

of jade dragon bones

the end of existence

and a past best forgotten

lest we wake the sleeping tiger

I have to leave now

free falling leaves

cover the earth

burn brightly

soon forgotten

- Paresh


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